Economy

Unbearable Tax Cascade

Portafolio Journalist 04/15/2026 21:23 Updated: 04/15/2026 21:23

Eternal Regional Gaps

Portafolio Director 04/15/2026 21:14 Updated: 04/15/2026 21:14

Super Premium Gas Stations in Caracas Prepare to Offer Standard Fuel

Super Premium gas stations in Caracas will begin offering standard fuel after a drop in sales.

A new 'Cambiatón' is coming to renew old televisions in Colombian homes with Cencosud

Portafolio Journalist 15.04.2026 17:59 Updated: 16.04.2026 10:08

Conindustria: Licenses 56 and 57 are the bridge to financial normalization in Venezuela

Conindustria affirms that the easing of sanctions with licenses 56 and 57 will allow for improvements in credit and competitiveness of the industrial sector in Venezuela, although it will depend on internal reforms.

Mercury Trail: The Toxic Metal Crossing From Nicaragua to Costa Rica Hidden in Eye Drops

In Los Chiles, a woman picks up Lucas’s phone and says that the “azogue” (mercury) is in short supply but there might be some tomorrow. The mercury is smuggled in from Mexico and China: it travels in eye-drop bottles. It crosses Nicaragua and the Río San Juan by cayuco and ends up in the tunnels of Crucitas, Costa Rica, where the rivers already show pollution levels 225 times higher than normal. Behind this route lies a business with a 468% profit margin and the complicity of the Ortega-Murillo regime, which lies to the United Nations while handing over its territory to Chinese companies that have fueled the gold rush and, with it, the artisanal industry that uses this highly restricted metal.

'The only way Colombia can recover investment levels is through the mining-energy sector': Oviedo

Juan Daniel Oviedo in an interview with Portafolio, at the inauguration of MinExpo Colombia 2026 in Medellín. Photo: John Pérez / El Tiempo

In the first quarter of 2026, less than 20% of the General National Budget has been paid

The payment of the executed General National Budget is at 20%. Photo: Courtesy: Istock

Unexpected movement in the dollar price at today's close, April 15, 2026! This is how it was quoted

The Bank of the Republic of Colombia indicated that this April 15, 2026, the dollar opened with an exact price of 3,570.00 pesos.

Camila Escobar Leaves Juan Valdez Presidency and Heads Towards Colfuturo Direction

Camila Escobar Corredor, CEO of Procafecol. Photo: Courtesy

US Will Not Extend Sanctions Relief on Russian and Iranian Oil

The United States government is resuming its sanctioning stance against Moscow and Tehran by confirming it will not extend temporary exemptions that allowed the trade of crude oil from both nations.

Venezuela is no longer considering selling Monomers and shifts negotiation to new energy agenda with Colombia

Edwin Palma, Minister of Mines and Energy Photo: Courtesy